Fatma Nur Kilinc introduce a multichannel optical computer that self-optimizes, using Bayesian tuning of input channels and a self-organized-criticality protocol to reshape its own hardware, with no d...

npj Unconventional Computing - Optical spiking neural networks via rogue-wave statistics

Capturing ultrafast transient phenomena conventionally requires streak cameras or computational imaging based on compressed sensing, which lead to complex and costly systems. In this Letter, we demons...

Inverse-designed nanophotonic media are a promising platform for compact optical neural networks, but training them end to end is expensive because each adjoint iteration couples the full-wave solver ...

Lensless cameras based on thin diffusers offer a compact alternative to conventional refractive imaging but rely on computational reconstruction, since the diffuser's point spread function (PSF) globa...

Recurrent neural networks excel at temporal tasks and video processing but require energy-intensive sequential memory operations. We demonstrate that multimode optical fibers naturally implement spati...

Optical computing provides a promising path toward energy-efficient machine learning, yet implementing nonlinear transformations without complex electronics or high-power sources remains challenging. ...

Optical computing offers ultrafast, energy-efficient alternatives to conventional digital processors, yet most implementations remain confined to single-channel processing, severely underutilizing lig...

Optical computing could reduce the energy cost of artificial intelligence by leveraging the parallelism and propagation speed of light. However, implementing nonlinear activation, essential for machin...

We investigate the nonlinear propagation of light in graded-index multimode fiber, utilizing it as an optical computing unit, and quantify how it employs waveguide modes to process information. Using ...

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We explore rogue wave formation in multimode silicon nitride (Si$_3$N$_4$) waveguides with multimode nonlinear Schrödinger equation-based simulations. Pure fundamental-mode excitation produces smooth ...

We are hiring a postdoctoral research associate at the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), that will join the group of Dr. Auro Perego. You will perform experimental and numerical simulat...

We present an open-source multimode nonlinear Schrödinger equation-based simulation to investigate spatiotemporal nonlinear pulse propagation in thin-film silicon nitride (SiN) waveguides. Using this ...

Optics offers highly parallelized and energy-efficient computations, making it suitable for answering the ever-increasing demands of artificial intelligence systems. Here, the authors demonstrate a pr...

Optical computing has reemerged as a promising alternative computing paradigm for providing energy-efficient information processing in the age of artificial intelligence. Among various photonic neural...

Dr. Akira Hasegawa, former adjunct professor at Columbia’s Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, has passed away.

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